2006 Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology Hosted by ARC Centre in Bioinformatics and Institute for Molecular Bioscience The University of Queensland 26 – 30 June 2006 Queensland Bioscience Precinct, Brisbane, Australia

Intended audience: Advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, and researchers in mathematics, statistics, IT, CS or any area of science who want to learn about current problems and opportunities in computational bioscience. Topics: Machine learning applied to sequence analysis Combinatorial optimisation in bioinformatics Evolutionary genomics Microarrays and analysis of microarray data The e-research / Grid paradigm

Speakers include: Prof. Mark Borodovsky – Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Dr Paul Horton – Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan Dr Pablo Moscato – Newcastle Bioinformatics Initiative A/Prof. Andrew Roger – Dalhousie University, Canada Prof. Mike Hendy – Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Biology and Evolution Dr Charles Semple – University of Canterbury, NZ Dr Toni Reverter – CSIRO Livestock Industries Prof. Terry Speed – University of California Berkeley and WEHI Prof. Kim-Anh Do – MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA Prof. David Abramson – Monash University Prof. Ah Chung Tsoi – Monash University Dr David Hansen – e-Health Research Centre A/Prof. Tin Wee Tan – National University of Singapore

Monday: Machine learning applied to sequence analysis Prof. Mark Borodovsky – Sequence analysis using Markov models Dr Tim Bailey – Finding patterns in sequences Dr Paul Horton – Predicting subcellular localisation of proteins Dr Martin Frith – Identifying short proteins Prof. Mark Brodovsky – Workshop: GeneMark Tuesday: Combinatorial optimisation in bioinformatics Dr Regina Berretta – Combinatorial models Dr Pablo Moscato – Classification methods for clinical data Dr Tim Bailey – Workshop: MEME Mr Paul Taylor – Workshop: MATLAB Dr James Cai – Workshop: MBEToolbox and PGEToolbox Public lecture: A/Prof. Andrew Roger – The origin of eukaryotes

Wednesday: Evolutionary genomics Prof. Mike Hendy – Mathematical phylogenetics Dr Barbara Holland – Exploratory analysis of phylogenetic data Dr Michael Charleston – Concatenating sequence data Dr Charles Semple – Hybridisation networks Dr Alexei Drummond – Probabilistic models in phylogenetics Thursday: Microarrays and analysis of microarray data Dr Sean Grimmond – Microarray technology Prof. Terry Speed – SNP genotyping Dr Liat Ben-Tovim Jones – Detecting differentially expressed genes Dr Toni Reverter – Differential expression and connectivity Prof. Kim-Anh Do – Microarray-based cancer prognosis Prof. Geoff McLachlan – Classification of microarray data

Friday: The e-research / Grid paradigm Prof. David Abramson – Grid computing Prof. Jane Hunter – Technologies for semantic integration Prof. Ah Chung Tsoi – e-Research Dr David Hansen – Networked services for e-health A/Prof. Tin Wee Tan – The future of the Internet